"It's looking like I'm probably going to lose," Molony said. "It was a long hard slog. I think that McNeill got in on the coattails of Obama."

During the campaign, Molony touted his experience building consensus in the Oriental medicine community, which included pushing legislation through Harrisburg.

McNeill, who served on the Whitehall Township Board of Commissioners in the 1990s and then was appointed Whitehall Township executive. He touts during that time he oversaw balanced budgets without tax hikes.

McNeill wants to eliminate the property taxes because he believe its a burden for retirees, young families and those in need. He vows to restore fiscal integrity to Pennsylvania by reducing state spending to 2006 levels.

Molony vowed to hold the line on taxes and he wants to end school property taxes. He supports adequately funding schools but doesn't think it should be done on the backs of seniors and the poor.

Molony likes aspects of HB 1776, which would replace school taxes with an increase in the personal income tax, the sales tax and making more items subject to the sales tax. But he fears the bill is too complex.

McNeill wants to invest in teachers, provide full funding to the state's school districts and support programs that give students access to higher education.

Molony has said he’ll tout innovation as a job creator. He cites an
example he pushed during his last election bid — finding a way to
harness the Lehigh Valley’s rivers for hydraulic energy.

McNeill believes we should invest in green technologies and clean energy as well as invest in the state's technological and physical infrastructure. To spur economic development McNeill proposes providing loans and tax incentives to small and mid-sized businesses in high growth industries.